Picture is not as crisp as plasma should be.

I just bought this Plasma and I don't think the picture is as crisp as it should be. If I get up really close I the picture actually looks a little wavy and dotty. I don't know if it's just an issue with my picture settings or if it's more serious than that. I have this running from my satellite through my dvd player which is conneccted to the monitor through cables.
Please help!
Thanks!

First of all is this a ED or HD plasma model? If it is ED you will only get a maximum resolution of 480p which is DVD quality at most. An HD will go to 1080i but that is depending on the input type. If your satellite box is not an HD type you will only get 480i resolution on either ED or HD versions. The second thing is all 4x3 programming has to be up-converted to fit the screen scince plasmas are mostly a 16x9 frame. When you upconvert and or strtch the image you do loose resolution in the picture. The draw back on a plasma is that you must stretch the image or else if you leave it in the 4x3 normal mode you will have the black borders on the sides and you risk the chance of burning those into the screen which is NOT covered by any warranty. HD televisions just don't do standard broadcast (non HD) that well. Its like running a Ferrari on regualr unleaded gas.

The only thing you can do really is check your television settings to make sure its set up correctly and the satellite settings. Also if your watching analog channels through your set there gonna look fuzzy and distorted with blotches sometimes and also remember the bigger your tv the further back your supposed to sit if you stand right infront of it you'll see everything the way its not meant to be seen. after you try all that make sure your using either component or hdmi cables for the best picture.

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No,don't buy plasma tvs any tvs make or tvs brand.Don't buy any kind of tvs using plasma gas as for plasma screen panel as a power sourced if u play major hours of gaming on the plasma tvs,u will still have thermal expansion problems but less.Plasma tvs still have major problems,with screen BURN IN problems though.

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Hi, I recently bought a 47" LCD LG the latest model and I read that you had purchased it previously and I wanted to know how you found the quality of picture on the LCD? At the moment ours is a bit blurry. I hope it was worth buying. Do you think we just need to tune the picture quality?

Vivid will make the picture look its brightest, press either Status, info or recall on the remote to see what Resolution you are receiving. If 1080i or higher,(720p is higher than 1080i) you should have a very clear and crisp picture.

Hi , I recently had the same problem which I was determined to fix . So I did a few weeks of research to find that it was the Y SUS board which burns out. I'm sure you realized that the TV gets hot. Personally I think this is why. circuit boards don't like heat and I've learned that the cooling fans are a joke. I replaced the board and got my picture back. I proved the fan theory because after the screen started to act up. I placed a cooling fan near the vent holes on top and the problem cleared right up,It also helps if you lower the brightness which helps out on the heat situation.I will soon be adding a fan with a temp. sensor. This shoud help if your screen has lines when you initially turn the cool TV on.then I have Some other costless solutions. Hope this helped these are great TV's and like our cars we maintain them not throw them away..................................Mr Wiseman

Typically when the picture on an LCD or plasma begins to look screwy or like a spider web.. its gone for good and needs to be replaced.

You can have them repaired using a TV Repair guy but often it costs as much as a brand new tv. My daughter broke my $1,600 LCD. It would have cost $1,200 to fix.. so I just bought a new one.After that I picked up a TV screen protector called TV Armor http://www.tv-armor.com Its designed to protect the TV from damage. Now I dont have to worry anymore when she is playing near it. It works really well.

Our LG 50" plasma tv screen went black after a popping noise but still had sound, after great diliberations decided to take the back off and have a peek!
We unplugged the tv and tested the fuses (there were three we could see) one had blown, the one on the left as you look at the back of the tv it also has one above it. We wrote the code/seriel number down and took the fuse to the electrical wholesalers Maplin and bought a pack of 10 fuses for £1.29 replaced the fuse in the tv and everything now fine!!!!!!
Hope this might be of use to anyone whose lost the picture after a loud popping/snacking noise but still has sound.